Alternatives to Finnix for all platforms with any license

Hiren's BootCD

Hiren's BootCD (HBCD) is a completely free bootable CD that contains a load of useful tools you can make use of in a variety of situations like analyzing, recovering...
- Discontinued The project is not actively being developed. Although it is still working and well, last version, 15.2, was released in 2012.
Free Personal Windows Linux
Portable File Recovery Registry repairing Add a feature

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SystemRescueCd

SystemRescueCd is a Linux system rescue disk available as a bootable CD-ROM or USB stick for administrating or repairing your system and data after a crash. It aims to...

Free Open Source Linux Self-Hosted
Rescue cd Add a feature

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SliTaz

SliTaz is a free operating system, working completely in RAM and booting from removable media such as a CD-ROM or USB key. SliTaz is distributed as a LiveCD, and weighs...

Free Open Source Linux
Lightweight Operating system Portable Portable Linux Add a feature

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Parted Magic

The Parted Magic OS employs core programs of GParted and Parted to handle partitioning tasks with ease, while featuring other useful programs (e.g. Partition Image...

Commercial Windows Linux
Disk Cloning Editing and creating partitions LiveUSB Operating system Add a feature

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Hiren’s BootCD PE

Hiren’s BootCD PE (Preinstallation Environment) is a restored edition of Hiren’s BootCD based on Windows 10 PE x64. PE version is being developed by Hiren’s BootCD fans....

Free Windows Linux
Hardware Diagnostics Ram diagnostics File Recovery Registry repairing Add a feature

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Knoppix

Knoppix is an operating system based on Debian designed to be run directly from a CD / DVD (Live CD) or a USB key (Live USB), one of the first of its kind for any...

Free Open Source Linux
Booting from USB Operating system Portable Linux Privacy focused Add a feature

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AIO Boot

AIO Boot is an All-in-One bootable software for USB and HDD. AIO Boot support boots through Grub2, Grub4Dos, Clover and rEFInd.

Free Windows
Create bootable USB Create Multiboot USB Add a feature

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Boot Repair Disk

A simple tool to recover access to your Operating Systems. * Easy-to-use (repair in 1 click ! ) * Free (GPL open-source license) * Helpful (Boot-Info summary to get...
- Discontinued Last Update 2017-12-19. See https://sourceforge.net/projects/boot-repair-cd/
Free Open Source Linux
Standalone Add a feature

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Grml

Bootable live system (Live-CD) based on Debian especially well suited for administrative tasks like installation, deployment and system rescue.

Free Open Source Linux
No features added Add a feature

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Rescatux

Rescatux is a GNU/Linux rescue cd (and eventually also Windows) but it is not like other rescue disks. Rescatux comes with Rescapp. Rescapp is a nice wizard that will...

Free Open Source Self-Hosted
No features added Add a feature

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ALT Linux

ALT Linux is a set of RPM-based operating systems built on top of the Linux kernel and Sisyphus packages repository.

Free Open Source Linux
Recover deleted files Rescue cd Add a feature

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Dual-boot Repair

Dual-boot Repair will automatically fix boot environment of systems based on Windows 7, Windows 8 or Vista with Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7/8 as second operating...

Free Windows
Linux Add a feature

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Winpe 10-8 Sergei Strelec (English version)

A bootable x32/x64 collection of life saving programs.Feels like Hirens for Today !.
- Warning Malware detected by https://alternativeto.net/software/virustotal: https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/8806994b96edf7c50d3faa1cb6873a8de771a69259f216edf601d0bdd512444f/detection
Free Windows
Driver Emulation Recover deleted files Hardware Diagnostics Low level ... File Recovery Rescue cd Add a feature

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Anvi Rescue Disk

Anvi Rescue Disk was designed to be used when standard antivirus software fail to detect and clean various computer infections, especially boot-sector viruses like...

Free Windows
Registry repairing Rescue cd Add a feature

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Super GRUB2 Disk

The primary purpose of Super GRUB2 Disk is to help you boot into an OS whose bootloader is broken. Second, and almost as important, is to be a tool to learn more about...

Free Open Source Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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